Chris Granger / The Times-Picayune archiveThe Six Flags theme park in eastern New Orleans in August 2009.

A recent YouTube video offers a stunning tour of the facility, complete with atmospheric music.

According to the website Gadling.com the video was shot by Teddy Smith. The author, Leigh Caldwell, commented: "After viewing this video of the rotting theme park, I'm wondering why the City of New Orleans, which owns the land, isn't renting it out as a location for horror movies."

A spokesman for Mayor Mitch Landrieu disputes two things about the video: first, that it was shot with the city's permission; and second, that there are plans to demolish the park in January of 2011, as noted in text near the end of the video.

The city has given permission to the producers of the film, "The Courier" to shoot at Six Flags, and Smith said he shot the video while he was working on the production of the film.